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Energy for the future : a new agenda / edited by Ivan Scrase and Gordon MacKerron. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxii, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Energy, climate and the enviornment series .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-283) and index.

Introduction : Climate policy is energy policy / Ivan Scrase ... [et al.] --
International regimes for energy : finding the right level for policy / Francis McGowan --
Energy issues : framing and policy change / Ivan Scrase and David Ockwell --
Energy governance : the challenges of sustainability / Adrian Smith --
Lessons from the UK on urgency and legitimacy in energy policymaking / Gordon MacKerron --
Lock-in / Ivan Scrase and Gordon MacKerron --
Deliberative socio-technical transitions / Markku Lehtonen and Florian Kern --
Technology assessment and innovation policy / Jim Watson --
Distributed generation : transforming the electricity network / Raphael Sauter and Dierk Bauknecht --
Energy and the citizen / Mari Martiskainen and Jim Watson --
Carbon trading / Steve Sorrell --
Global energy solutions? / Francis McGowan ... [et al.] --
Conclusions : Transitions, governance and appraisal / Ivan Scrase ...[et al.] --
Energy policy implications / Ivan Scrase ... [et al.]--
Afterword : Sustainable energy : the challenge of choice / Andy Stirling.

Cutting carbon emissions is urgent but very challenging in wealthy democracies. Energy for the Future analyzes the changing contexts, imperatives and...
fault lines, and proposes ways forwards. Greater public engagement and a new approach to markets are vit

ISBN: 9780230221529 (pbk.) 0230221521 (pbk.) 9780230221512 0230221513

LCCN: 2008043497

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Energy policy--Environmental aspects.
Energy policy.
Climatic changes--Government policy.

LC Class. No.: HD9502.A2 / E543919 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 333.79 / E.